CREATE (neo:Company) //create node with label 'Company'
CREATE (neo:Company {name: 'Neo4j', hq: 'San Mateo'}) //create node with properties
CREATE (beginning_node)-[:edge_name{Attribute:1, Attribute:'two'}]->(ending_node)
Running neo4j locally, in the browser GUI (default: http://localhost:7474/browser/), you can run the following command to get a palette of queries.
:play query template
This helps you get started creating and merging nodes and relationships by typing queries.